CURRENT MISSION

Getting hold of Margerita's Magic Cream and a flying pig

ABOUT ME

My favourite quote at the moment is from Lermontov's Geroy Nashego Vremeni - Pechorin feels jaded by life, and sick of society...all that's left for him to do is travel (if you don't understand, just read 'rootless cosmopolitan'):

"во мне д

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Maybe I was always a couch surfer, I just never knew it?

Interests

Music and silence, people and places.

• dancing
• flying
• shopping
• traveling
• crochet
• magic
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - everything from Pergolesi to Phillip Glass. Some favourites are Shostakovich, Bach, Sibelius, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Brahms etc. Fan of opera and ballet too. I am interested in folk and national music, especially Eastern European and music from the Caucasus. Favourite artists include:
Paul Simon, Queen, Cranberries, Bijelo Dugme (Goran Bregovich), Kino, Mashina Vremeni, Nautilus Pompillius, FleetwoodMac, Zemfira etc.
Books:
Laurens Van der Post - Journey into Russia;
Arthur Koestler - the Invisible Writing;
Kurban Said - Ali and Nino;
Wendell Steavenson - Stories I stole;
Bulgakov - Master and Margerita; Flight; Short stories..
Chekhov short stories...esp. palata nomer shest'; skuchnaya istoriya
Zamyatin - We;
Dostoyevsky - Idiot, Crime and Punishment;
Pasternak - Dr Zhivago;
Antal Szerb - Journey by Moonlight, Pendragon Legend, Oliver 7;
Saul Bellow - Henderson the Rain King; Humboldt's Gift; Seize the Day
Fitzroy Maclean - Eastern Approaches;
Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure, Tess, the Woodlanders;
E. M. Forster - A Room with a View, Howard's End, the Longest Journey;
Pushkin, Lermontov, Dylan Thomas, Emily Dickinson.

Movies: The Constant Gardener, Out of Africa, Sophie's Choice, Gone with the Wind, Dracula, Amelie, Life is Beautiful.

Kino: Mimino; Ne Goryu!; Pasport;
Balad o Soldate; Dobro pojalovat ili dostorohhim vxod zapreshen;
Priklyucheniya Shurika :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Today I learnt 'Thank you' in Tadjik, tomorrow I might learn the meaning of life. For that I thank the interesting and diverse people I meet when travelling or shopping in my local market.

I can tell you about the number of times I was in mortal danger in Croatia as a child, teach you to crochet, quote some queer Russian proverbs, or demonstrate Georgian dancing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Latvia, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary, Russian Federation